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garethr reacted to absolutnie's post in the thread Apple AirPods Pro And NEW AirPods Pro 2nd Gen (from 23 Sep 2022) - Impressions with Like.Keep in mind the Airpods Pro 2 have dynamic EQ baked in. The tuning changes based on the sound level/volume settings...
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garethr reacted to AnalogEuphoria's post in the thread Apple AirPods Pro And NEW AirPods Pro 2nd Gen (from 23 Sep 2022) - Impressions with Like.I’m not sure that’s the only factor. A lot of audiophile headphones actually lack proper bass levels and lift treble, so they will sound...
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garethr reacted to AnalogEuphoria's post in the thread Apple AirPods Pro And NEW AirPods Pro 2nd Gen (from 23 Sep 2022) - Impressions with Like.even sound quality alone its smoother in upper mids and lower treble, less distortion and more robust sub bass.
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garethr reacted to Surf Monkey's post in the thread Apple AirPods Pro And NEW AirPods Pro 2nd Gen (from 23 Sep 2022) - Impressions with Like.Yep. The Pro2 is solid. They sound significantly better, fit better, play longer, have arguably the best noise cancellation of all TWS...
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garethr reacted to Denkmal's post in the thread Bowers and Wilkins PX8 Wireless Discussion with Like.I think it is a combination. Apple has done good with AAC. And B&W has a great implementation of AAC on PX8.
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garethr replied to the thread Sony WF-1000XM5.Not so much the bitrate but the complexity of the codec. It’s not very efficient and is computationally expensive to encode/decode.
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garethr reacted to Maukey's post in the thread Side By Side Comparison - AirPods Max, B&O H95, Dali iO-6, B&W PX8, ML 5909, M&D MW75, Focal Bathys and more with Like.So funny you mention it.
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garethr reacted to starfly's post in the thread Side By Side Comparison - AirPods Max, B&O H95, Dali iO-6, B&W PX8, ML 5909, M&D MW75, Focal Bathys and more with Like.Yeah, in a double blind test I guarantee you that you would hear no difference. Or if you were to take a measurement of the output there...
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garethr reacted to starfly's post in the thread Side By Side Comparison - AirPods Max, B&O H95, Dali iO-6, B&W PX8, ML 5909, M&D MW75, Focal Bathys and more with Like.If this were an analog cable you were talking about, I'd still say it was nonsense but also acknowledge that perhaps *you* hear a...
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garethr reacted to oldotHeicONs's post in the thread Side By Side Comparison - AirPods Max, B&O H95, Dali iO-6, B&W PX8, ML 5909, M&D MW75, Focal Bathys and more with Like.You obviously don't understand how USB works. I suggest a simple experiment. Take a music file and generate a hash, transfer it over a...
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garethr reacted to audio dilettante's post in the thread Bowers and Wilkins PX8 Wireless Discussion with Like.To be completely honest, if it were my pair I'd exchange them under warranty. At that price it's completely unacceptable in my opinion.
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garethr reacted to Denkmal's post in the thread Bowers and Wilkins PX8 Wireless Discussion with Like.On the other hand perhaps the passive isolation is better than the plastic Sonys…
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garethr replied to the thread Bowers and Wilkins PX8 Wireless Discussion.It’s not going to be Sony’s top end ANC solution as found in the XM5, it’s their lower range ANC chipset they resell. They keep the high...
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garethr reacted to Maukey's post in the thread Side By Side Comparison - AirPods Max, B&O H95, Dali iO-6, B&W PX8, ML 5909, M&D MW75, Focal Bathys and more with Like.Thanks for the comparison. I agree with most of what you said. I just repurchased the MW75 in the Bugatti edition. Love them. I'm sure...